By: Diane Benjamin
Total Budget 4/30/15 $180,426,393
Total Budget 4/30/22 $230,300,000 (proposed budget)
SEVEN year increase of $49,873,607 (Total increase of 27.6%)
Note below: The 2015 budget was a 6.5% increase over 2014.
Source:
https://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=7077
https://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=23979
Crazy high increase when inflation is running about 2 to 3 %. No population increase to justify it. Just sock it to the taxpayers more for more and more staff.
Trying to play Devil’s advocate, I calculated that that’s only about 3.55% average annual increase. But then I checked and found out that is about Double the rate of inflation over that time frame!
(And that’s not including the 5.6% mentioned in the article, which is even worse!)
Typical government Too big, and getting too bigger. Time to vote in better people.
A recent post referenced Champaign’s budget. 8,000 more population than Bloomington, but Bloomington’s budget is 2 1/2 times higher. Wonder where the differences are?
3 golf courses, Coliseum, BCPA, zoo for a start.